Programm annual meeting 2013_no-to-war-no-to-nato Gent, March 8th 10th
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Program of the Annual Meeting, Gent, March 9th – 10th 2013
[as of March 04, changes to the program may occur]
Location: Peace House Gent, Belgium
Vredeshuis, Sint-Margrietstraat 9, 9000 Gent
Friday 8th
13.00 – 16.30 Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee
17.00 – 18:00 Meeting of the international Afghanistan Network
19.00 Public event in Gent:
For gender justice, peace, and solidarity.
No to war – no to NATO, stop militarization
solidarity greetings via Skype from
Maired Maguire, Ireland (tbc), Nobel Peace Prize award
Angie Zelter, (GB,) Right Livelihood Award on behalf of Trident Ploughshares Coalition
Introduction speech by Christiane Reymann, Germany,
A feminist analysis of militarism and NATO
Round table talk
“What to do to stop militarization and reach gender justice”
with
Agneta Norberg, Schweden
Elsa Rassbach, Germany/USA
Claire Chastain, France
Maggi Poppe, Belgium
moderation: Kristine Karch, Germany
Saturday 9th
10.30 Opening of the Annual Meeting
Welcome by Beigeordnete of the City of Gent Elke Decruyenaere and Reiner Braun
Greetings by the Major of Gent
10.45 Report of the work of the network by Reiner Braun
Commentaries and discussion: Joseph Gerson and Elsa Rassbach (on Chicago), Claire Chastain (on Afghanistan conferences), Lucas Wirl (on nuclear), Kristine Karch (on women), Luis Gutierrez-Esparza (on Argentina)
11.30 – 13.15 Discussion of the work of the past 18 months, short introduction and then open discussion
13.15 – 14.00 Procedures of the elections to the ICC
14.00 -15.00 Lunch Break
15.00 -16.00 Discussion on Mali (Introduction Tobias Pflüger)
16.00 – 18.00 main Challenges for the Peace movement
a. Militarization and economic crises (Georges Spriet)
b. EU Militarization and NATO (Agneta Norberg)
18.00 – 18:30 Break
18.30 – 20:00 continuation
c. NATO and Pacific (Joseph Gerson)
d. Nuclear weapons: Modernization and “Iran” (Pieter Teirlinck)
e. Drones (including int. law) (Dave Webb)
f. Shannon Airport (Seamas Rattigan)
20:00 Common dinner and party
Sunday 10th
9.00 – 9.30 Middle East (Ludo de Brabander)
9.30 – 11:00 The future work of the Network
Introductions: Claire Chastain, Lucas Wirl
2014, Afghanistan, Africa, Latin America
11:00 – 12:00 elections of the ICC
12:00 – 13:00 further decisions
13.00 Final words
13.30 – 14.30 First meeting of the new International Coordinating Committee
NOTE: The EU parliamentarians will not be in Brussels on Monday 11th
We try to arrange a meeting with European Parliamentarians on Friday morning.
Organizational details:
Accommodation: hostels, hotels and private accommodation are available. Please contact the email below for further information.
Registration: please write an email to
We kindly ask for symbolic financial contributions.
Please feel free to send this invitation to colleagues, friends, and interested organizations.